ἀναπίπτω

ἀνα-πίπτω

[in LXX: 1 Mos 49,9 (כָּרַע) Tob 2,1; 7,8, Jdt 12,10, Sir 25,18; 32,2, Da TH Sus 1,37 * ;]

1. (cl.) to fall back.

2. In late writers = ἀνα-κλίνομαι, to recline for a repast (MM, VGT, see word): at table, Luk 11,37; 14,10; 17,7; 22,14, Joh 13,12; 21,20; on the ground, Matt 15,35 Mark 6,40; 8,6 Joh 6,10; to lean back, Joh 13,25 (T, ἐπιπεσών; see: ἀνάκειμαι, ad fin.).†

SYN.: ἀνάκειμαι (which see), ἀνακλίνομαι